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Zach is in the process of restoring/restoring a Cub Cadet 682 for a missionary friend of ours that we met in Ohio. He is tired of “throw away” lawn tractors and when he saw Blackbeard, he asked Zach if he had anything similar that he would be willing to sell. Zach picked up an estate sale 682 a couple of years ago with the intention of a refurbish and resale. This was the perfect “nudge” that he needed to move forward with the project! Zach wants to become part of the RS family but he is trying to decide on an alias. I suggested combining his first and middle names to “Zaxel” but he is undecided. Because of Blackbeard I also suggested “Edward Teach”. He liked that—historical pirate 🏴‍☠️ etc. However, as you all can see by this thread, he has been into tractors since he was a little kid. Zach taking ownership of Blackbeard on his 3rd birthday 2016 Cutting lawn on Blackbeard a couple of months before his 13th birthday! It’s hard to believe how fast the time has flown😱

Not “to” my WH but “for” it. In the fall, I made a small cart to hold my 36” RD Gear mower deck for easier storage and movement during its off season. An unanticipated benefit was easy access for sharpening and cleaning and for re-greasing one of the gearboxes. Now that I’ve got the mower back on the tractor, I decided to upgrade the cart so that it’ll hold the blade. Here it is with the mower and now with the blade.

for all the well wishes and being folks I can count on for support and a few laughs. Just finished off some great pulled pork, onion rings, and peach cobbler with my wife, neighbors and other good friends.

More pictures of the diesel the fender painted again

April 30, 1952 Mr. Potato Head is the first toy advertised on television.

I picked up a well worn 867 several months ago. Took it apart to determine what I had to work with and started a list of parts I’d need to bring it back to life. I Found the matches under the fender pan.

Happy Happy Richard You know dang well what pic I'm gonna put up! The Old Coots Club! Man that was fun!

Same here. Redsquare is as close as I will get. I've also noticed a drop in new posts and such, but thought it was just me. I think occasional ebbs and flows are inevitable. Not necessarily cause for alarm. I've seen many changes here over the years. There were 30 members when I joined. I've also stepped completely away when life required it as well. I think highs and lows are natural occurrences. That being said, I'm open for whatever changes the admin and mods come up with. I may not always agree with them (like 99%), but they've kept this train on the rails for a very long time.

Loaded the 1076, plow, and deck for the Steam-o-Rama show tomorrow. Hopefully this rain will stop tomorrow.

The saga of the super slow rebuild continues!

More pictures of the diesel it almost done and looks good to me that All it matters 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

This tractor needed a lot of repair or replacement parts so I met up with a buddy who supplied me with most all the parts needed to put a nice tractor together.

For me personally the reason I haven't been posting as much lately on here, is because I haven't had the time to work much on the tractors. I have used them for a lot of outdoor stuff, and that's part of the reason I haven't had time to work on them. Also have been doing work on our vehicles as well. I'm guessing a lot of people are also busy with spring stuff, so unless they are taking photos of their tractors in use and posting them there will probably be less posts. I agree, for a lot of people I think they also only use this forum when they have a question or are working on their tractors. And I can relate to that, I don't post enough on other peoples threads, it does take a bit of commitment to do that.

Back moving under its own power sooner than I anticipated. Need to have the AGS mounted next and swap the tri-ribs from the C120 over and remount the dozer blade.

I agree 100% And 953 nut.

Happy Birthday @953 nut!!!

Love em both Welcome Z!!

Don, I have one. Do you need it before the show?

Can you get the brass center jet out? I did that on one and found a spider nest in it. Had to clean it manually. Solvent wouldn't dissolve spider silk.

Definitely. Does the lower shaft penetrate the carb body or is it in a “pocket”? Penetration: can leak air. Pocket: cannot leak air. 😉 I do believe most are pockets for two reasons: 1) so that the base of the shaft is supported, which keeps the plate centered in the throat, and 2) no leaking air!

That would be my . A down and dirty test would be to cover the bottom with grease to see if air in-leakage at the bottom is causing the problem.

PM me your address. I'll send you one. They're very hard to find because they're aluminum. McMaster does not sell them. Definitely.

Anything your pockets are deep enough to finance CAN be done, and we are here to help you spend your money! If you have or can find a K301 that has all The S/G parts and pieces already in place that would be your best bet. If you go the full S/G route you may need to do a bit of rewiring but we can help you get it done.

Have a Great Day Richard

Yes. If you want the complete Start /Gen look you will have to either remove the ring gear from the flywheel or get the correct flywheel to use the non hump shroud. Same thing with the small blocks. This 875 has an engine from a B 80

Happy Birthday Richard !!!

Happy Birthday...

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HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY

CAT motors are the Cats meow!

Finally got to split the trans for the 10-8 today. Sure did have some water in it. Got it cleaned up, replaced all the seals and reassembled. Got it back installed but now needs some new woodruff keys for the axles and drive pulley. In theory it’ll be back up and moving under its own power Monday.

Rebuilt the carb after the parts came in and reinstalled it. Cleaned the gas tank, installed new fuel line, filter, and shut off valve. Went to the local gas station that the net said had ethanol free gas. They did. $5.80 a gallon. Went to Walmart, bought a 5 gallon gas tank, and went back. Once I got home and put some in the WH it was time to check operation. Turned the key and it cranked, and cranked, and cranked until the battery wore down. Stuck the charger on it and started looking to see why it wouldn't start. 🤔 Low and behold I forgot to plug the new harness into the new fuel solenoid.🤦‍♂️ Started right up! I did not shut the gas off because I want to see if the new parts took care of the previous leak.

You may not have noticed it. It's usually stuck into the carb body hole and stays but dry rotted ones can fall out

Mounted some Vredstien V61’s, added some liquid ballast and got um back on 520H.

That's slick set up right there. I put one my 314 it sits right behind the engine, The shifter boot is in the mail along with a seal kit for the transmission. The oil was a little brown in the gearbox, so I may as well fix the axle seals while I've got it apart

Only other thing I can think of that has not been mentioned is maybe a bent main or idle mixture screw the needle end???? I bent one once and it never would adjust right but robbed one off another and it worked IDK if I just got lucky or they all will swap around....

For the past thirty years or so the Kohler fuel pumps have all been made of plastic. I agree with @ebinmaine that a low pre3ssure electric pump would be a superior choice. You can power it from the supply that feeds your hour meter that way it is fuse protected and turns off with the ignition. You can find them on eBay for about the same price as the mechanical ones. I use these on all of my Wheel Horses.

I REALLY like mine! I like what others have shown of attaching wheels to it. When I got mine, it had a dolly that consisted of a square piece of plywood with casters on it, and "cribbing" made of landscape timbers that would put the Mighty-Mac at the same height as the frame of the tractor. Works great if you have a smooth floor, but useless if you're trying to mount it to the tractor outside of the garage, shed, or shop.

me neither, but I’ll look into it. No need to hold anything, it’s not pressing

I agree that it had no place in gasoline, it is there to force people to buy it and in turn to buy the farm votes. I had issues years ago before ethanol resistant fuel system materials were available. My thought is that many of the problems are brought on by the users allowing the fuel to be exposed to the atmosphere. I was going to move to all ethanol free, but that isn’t going to happen at current inflated prices. If folks think that they can buy 9 gallons of gasoline and a gallon of ethanol and then pour in a small amount of snake oil they can make that gallon of corn squeezins go away have at it.

I have four new LED bulbs to install and aim. It’s funny, this coach takes the old school 2B1 bulbs that are high and low beam. The outer bulbs are wired for low and the inners for high. Since I am changing to LED and the load will be lesser, I plan to make them all work, when asked to. A machine this large, good lighting seems crucial to me. Fun fact, that was one item on the coach that Julie and David were not sure if they worked. They owned it for 17 years and never drove in the dark!

Looks great! Enjoy 😊 Onto our three RD decks we’ve bolted a piece of 4-inch grey vinyl cove base as a flap hanging off the discharge edge using holes already there on the deck. Keeps the clippings from flying all over. (You may need to “notch” it where it might rub the rear wheels and catch when reversing.

Maybe it didn't like the yellow wheels?

Thank you PM sent. I guess it is worth a try on the idle passage but may be the loose lower end is the cause...

I never have either but that's almost gotta be the problem. Bet ya Big Unit @ebinmaine has.

The fender did not come out good the first time

Happy Birthday Richard, one of the most knowledgeable members on our WheelHorses. ( one of many)

Happy Birthday Dick I hope you have a great day!